/ot/ - off-topic

Indian moids have been harassing women at the Parc Jarry pool in Montréal for quite some time. There has been numerous posts like these since last year. News are starting to pick up on this. I used to hang out at that park and it wasn't like that. Parc Extension has become one of the worst neighborhood for harassment. Last few times I went there I was called a white slut, was followed and harassed by several Indian/Paki men. I wish they would all get deported. The south asia immigration in Montréal wasn't bad like this before, these people integrated and didn't act like chimps, same for people from MENA. Economic immigration has only been bad for this country.

Sabrina Maddeaux articles are so cathartic to me. She's been writing them since before it was cool to hate mass immigration and probably the first journalist in canada to notice and point out the crazy connection to housing prices, instead of just lying and saying they are unrelated. She lives in the beaches too so should be spineless like the others but chooses not to be that way. Anyways I love her sfm:
>What’s the difference between an advocacy movement and a radical ideology? The Century Initiative makes an ideal case study. The group bills itself as a “national nonpartisan movement”—and perhaps it once was back in 2011, when its founders first set their minds to tripling Canada’s population to 100 million by 2100. After all, there were once physicians who thought smoking was healthy.

>These days, it would be utter insanity for your family doctor to suggest picking up a pack of Marlboros. The connection between smoking and lung cancer, among other ills, is clear. Yet so is the connection between rocketing immigration numbers beyond the stratosphere of sustainability and harms like housing unaffordability, collapsing infrastructure, wage suppression, and rising unemployment. Recognizing this, Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre openly called for negative near-term population growth in an exclusive interview with The Hub.

>Still, despite all evidence that their experiment has failed, the Century Initiative persists. One would expect, if not a public mea culpa, at least some prolonged reflection and a shift to advocacy focused on responsible long-term growth. Instead, they published a new June 2025 report, “The Social and Economic Implications of Reducing Canada’s Immigration Levels in Unstable Times,” that continues to push for immigration surges we know the country can’t handle.
https://thehub.ca/2025/06/26/sabrina-maddeaux-canadas-immigration-absolutists-are-refusing-to-correct-course-no-matter-the-cost/

>>2580418
Raised and lived here, and yes 100%. This person summed up everything I've felt about this city so perfectly. Maybe it's because I grew up here for most of my whole life but I just feel so disenchanted from it. It doesn't help with the high cost of living where rent prices are through the roof and groceries, internet, phone and electricity are 50% higher than in the rest of the country. You can't even go out and have fun with friends without breaking the bank. You'll be spending $50 on a single meal just before the entitled waiters shove the terminal with a 20% tip right in front of your face. Can't even go to organized event or festival because they will charge you $20 pp to get in and then in the venue will be spending $100 on food and drinks. It's a soulless city that's sucking you dry every minute.

The second paragraph is on point too. People here are introverted and don't care about making friends. They don't care about spontaneity and will often cancel plans on you last minute. It rains here 90% of the time so that explains the closed off nature of most people. Online like in the Vancouver subreddits, they will be chanting whatever online trend they've read about from social media. They are so vehemently pro-troon and will shit on anyone even remotely conservative. For example a recent restaurant got closed down but since the owner talked about being anti-vax they immediately labelled her from the "evil camp" and was celeberating the loss of her livelihood. They only see the world in black and white and don't have an original thought of their own like drones. They also don't seem to follow through their beliefs either. They'll be chanting at how they need to take drug abuse and mental health seriously but will look at DTES with disdain and disgust. Remember that this is the same city where a father was stabbed and killed in broad daylight at a Starbucks where there were numerous passerbys and all anyone can do is to continue sipping their coffee or record the live murdering. People here are apathetic as fuck.

The food here is said to be good but after traveling to many places around the world it really isn't anytning to write home about. The prices and predatory tipping practices don't help either. There is a huge Asian food scene here but it pales in comparison when you've been into numerous high Asian population cities like San FranPost too long. Click here to view the full text.

>>2581166
They've been causing problems at the nudist beach in Vancouver too. Showing up in clothes while leering the women there. Crazy that people just gaslight themselves into ignoring the problem.

>>2580418
I’ve been to Vancouver lots of times for my dr appointments growing up. Fuck BC health making us drive 10+ hours. I remember walking around downtown in 2007 and coming from a small town i had never seen anything like it with the druggies and homeless. I swear to god there was a girl sitting outside of McDonald’s not much older than I on her childhood blanket accepting food from strangers. I think no matter what city you go to people have walls up to protect themselves. You can’t just meet someone on the street anymore because we live in a low-trust society. I’m one of those “moved out of Canada” nonnas and the city Reddit I follow has people complaining about the exact same things.

>>2508217
Did you dig up that hole yourself?!

>>2508236
Yeah, I live down here

>>2508199
This is the last thing I see before I'm knocked unconscious and dragged to the polycule

Did any nonnies notice their friends missing? My friend from 743 hasn't been online for 5 days…It's not like her. But I can't get to her apartment because the elevator is stuck and I can't climb that many floors because of a health issue. Can someone on the same floor check on her?

>>2508348
>I can't climb that many floors because of a health issue
fatty

>>2498619
The problem is you can’t just switch off the phone and join the real world. Everyone is on their phone now too, talking to strangers has become more and more a characteristic of people over 40 with zoomers barely being psychologically acclimated to calling customer support and millennials more and more resembling zoomers but with additional main character syndrome expecting life to just “happen”. Everything is on the internet now even asking people out, where is there to go to? I wonder sometimes if it’s better in Europe, although I spent 3 months in Germany and people weren’t friendly at all but I was forewarned that’s just their culture and always was like that

>>2501536
This is based on a comment I made ages ago but will help you and probably anyone with large amounts of unstructured time. Although I'm not on lc much anymore I look back at the Jill threads and badly want to lock her in a room and force her through this method

>before you even consider 'detoxing,' make a clear list of things you would rather do than doomscroll. Academic/work tasks, maintenance tasks, reading (do you have a stash of physical books you keep meaning to read?), hobbies you have abandoned, new hobbies you want to try, etc.
>for inspiration, look through your bookmarks/saved posts on social media (copy anything useful from there into a text file and it'll be a great start, can even print it if you have a printer)
>reformat the list into a to-do list, with clear time limits and endpoints ('read for 30 minutes' 'draw for 30 minutes')
>put the list into a random number generator and let it generate a task for you
>continue until you've gone all the way through the list
>as you get back into new hobbies, you can be a bit clearer about the actual list items. You can look through instructional books (so like 'finish all tasks in chapter 3'), or look up online 'roadmaps,' or just stay blasé ('I'd like to do 300 hours of drawing this year and see what I've made afterwards' 'I hear it takes 600 hours to become fluent in French, I wonder how true that is')
>always have some kind of timer going, it helps to put things in perspective

Also most spreadsheet software has a 'random' function so you can just make a daily to-do list and it'll assign you a single task on keypress. I always type how I'm feeling into a cell and it feels like it's giving me tasks to do as therapy kek

The key is to NEVER give yourself even a small choice beyond your initial plan/roadmap because your lizard brain will just freak out and default to the easiest thing which is scrolling. You can even turn down a 'random' answer but you'll still be way more inclined to do something else the computer picks for you

The detox mentality is great because you can be terrible at any skill you try and just go 'well at least I wasn'tPost too long. Click here to view the full text.

I managed to unintentionally cure my phone addiction which is crazy to me. I dropped my phone a couple months ago and it broke the thermal sensor, which basically meant that my phone would restart itself every 2-3 minutes. For two months I lived like this and it was honestly so liberating. If I wanted to use my phone, I only had three minutes to do what I needed - which meant no dilly dallying, no fucking around, and most importantly no mindless scrolling. The only annoying part was I couldn’t make any phone calls longer than two minutes or listen to music when I was outside. But it didn’t really affect me as I work from home, and I started bringing books with me so I could read a few pages while on the bus or whatever. I felt so free and untethered. I was seriously considering getting a landline and an iPod and calling it a day. Unfortunately, I work in tech as a web developer and eventually needed a smartphone to test websites on (I will never be free). However, I’ve had my iPhone 16 for three weeks now and I’ve noticed I have no desire to waste time on it. It was even sitting on my desk in the box for a week before I begrudgingly set it up. It’s strictly utilitarian to me now. It’s like I rewired the circuit in my brain that would crave those easy dopamine hits from scrolling on my phone. That said, I still struggle with this behaviour sometimes when using my laptop but it’s much less severe. Something about having a computer in your pocket makes compulsive scrolling much more appealing. TL;DR Accidentally bricking your phone is based, actually.

I've deleted lots of my SocMed accounts, Instagram, Xitter, Spotify, and even a Reddit account I forgot existed. I'm in the process of getting rid of my YT account too as it's the app I'm most addicted by.

I'm looking at YouTube comments that I've liked and disliked and it was a real eye opener as to how much I was wasting my time with it. Literally everyday in like 2022 for example I was doing nothing but watching videos and liking or disliking comments (and maybe getting into a petty internet slapfight too). It's so depressing that I could've used that time more productively but I was just pissing it away. I'm in the process of deleting them all manually to scrub the embarrassment. I turned off my YouTube history and added an add-on that prevents me from searching videos, so far I have been using it less and less.

Honestly i just wish i could detox from social media and the internet in general, i'm addicted to scrolling and checking up random drama online. I wanna be productive both online and offline but i always get sucked back in the scrolling and searching loop.

>>2580989
My god, she's probably one of the most beautiful women in the entire world. What's the fucking point anymore. If she can't get an attractive boyfriend, what hope do the rest of us have.

>>2581507
beautiful women most of the time cuck themselves like this because of narcissism, they can't stand being with another handsome male because of the chance of him outshining her and women must be always hot and angelic before everything. it's true that most of the time it's ugly or very plain looking women bagging all the bishies

>>2581386
>”you are NOT good enough to date my daughter.”
>”I know bitch, it’s your fault”

Ok, I kek’d. At least this uggo is self-aware.

>>2581386
The female commentors going on on how they love their uggo man because they were nice to them is just too bleak…

>>2581608
I hate that it's treated as this wholesome thing for women to love uggos for their supposed "amazing personality". Whenever I see that I just want to ask them if they think their moids would still love them the same if they were as ugly as him. It couldn't possibly be that the heckin wholesome moidos are actually extremely shallow and only love you for your beauty.

>>2497982
Make this pose at everyone you meet

Saw people putting their typology in here, so I'm an ISTJ, 1w2 164 SP/SO, and an LSI. As you'd imagine, I have a ton of friends and everyone loves hanging out with me.
Anyway, I decided to compare results from Sarkinova's cognitive function test with our enemy, 16P. I'm surprised my Ni scored so close to Ne; I honestly do not understand how Ni works at all and it goes in one ear and out the other when my INFJ friend tries explaining how her brain works. I'm wondering if I maybe misunderstood some of the questions.

>>2487303
This sounds like something from 16personalities. Don't trust that place. At all. INFP (my mbti) is apparently an innocent soul, so sensitive, oh so beautiful. We are always crying, we have so much empathy, oh!
The reality is that there are two types of INFP: the retard one that is too ditzy and clueless (9w1 or 9w8) and the unhinged mentally-ill one that needs to get a grip (4w5 or 4w3).
Also, you might want to look into ESTJ or ISTJ. They are basically the cousin MBTI to INFP/ENFP. We use the same functions and eventually, as we age and "develop" our personality (in theory), we become similar. Women also tend to get typed as feelers (F) since society "forces" us to be more in tune with our emotions. So an ISTJ woman might get mistyped as an INFP, for example.

>>2526133
>1w2
It could be worse, you could have been a 6w5 or something. I can't stand those at all, so avoidant and shady.
Introverted functions work internally (?). Ne, Se, Fe and Te, they all work with the outside world, what's already established by society or the physical space, instead of following a personal system you have created yourself. Fi, Introverted Feeling, is all about following your own morals, your own life path, your own self-expression, whereas Fe focuses on following social norms provided by society or a group. Fe users blend better in a group, they know how to adapt. Fi doesn't adapt, they prefer going their own way. It's not that they can't adapt, it's just that they tend to follow their own path, it's something that comes more natural to Fi users.
Intuition is certainly tricky to explain. From what I read, it's all about your thought process in relation to the future and abstract thinking. Since it's the function (you) use the least, you might not be very in tune with it.
Ne users tend to think about the future and abstract concepts in a kind of messy way. They take a starting point and then they branch it into different possibilities or concepts. They create connections between the branches. They might get influenced by the external world (different possibilities, anything is possible in this world).
Ni users do the opposite. They have a bunch of branches, and they latch onto one. They have a more linear thought process. "IPost too long. Click here to view the full text.

Thoughts on MBTI and gender ideology? I have a feeling that trans ideology can be really appealing to INFPs specifically. They’re INs so they’re already a little removed from reality. The focus on individuality and authenticity combined with the me against the world mentality is super appealing to FPs. And if you’re an INFP girl, there’s a good chance you’ll be a quirky art kid and the type of person who insists you “can’t put people in boxes” (before then deciding to find a box to jump into) and really identify with underdogs. INTPs can also be attracted to it but they tend to be the ones who have some extremely elaborate theory of gender where the reasoning is internally consistent but also has no bearing on reality. INTP girls are very likely to feel distanced from both their bodies and femininity in general. INTP males also seem especially likely to troon out because of their lack of connection to their bodies, male stereotypes, and seem likely to be AGPs.

>>2575611
NTA but which website is better to use for testing then?

>>2577907
This is super sad. I can't imagine having to make this video as her spouse. Damn.. RIP

im slowly learning to accept myself and express myself through fashion. i learned that im often too busy with other people to the point i start to neglect my own needs

The VTumor MinakoWolf decided to impersonate German singer and Jamstar/Jamba character Anna Blue and post AI generated covers cloning Anna Blue's voice to "prove" it's her kek. People figured out and rightfully bullied her for it and she played victim about it all. It's such a weird thing to want to do tbh. I'm watching a video about it and she pretends to be her and talk about her life and boyfriend and other characte Damien Dawn as if she personally knew him and everything and making up shit about these 2 people's lives. Retarded.

>>2579133
Her husband mentioned that she had autism, bipolar and was overall a very sensitive person. After reading her post and the accusations that were apparently discussed in her snark page, it looks like she internalized a lot of the negativity and struggled to cope.

>>2579943
PPPs cause of death was lymphocytic myocarditis. Usually happens when you've had a viral infection and white blood cells end up causing inflammation of the heart muscle. Can be caused by autoimmune issues too but viral is more common. I'm sure alot of people never got the update because it only came a while later.

I do remember her feeling unwell in the lead up to it. Fatigue and symptoms she'd put down to maybe being a flu like illness that she couldn't shake. Kept feeling ok for a few days and then unwell again.

Love this one from the advice thread. Tranny gets called out, then the mods redtexted this person because the troon is ftm so it's okay!! Moderation is fucking tragic now. I would have capped the entire post but it was too long.

I thought it was a sound that ethots make what am I missing

>>2581428
It was an emote first, sound came later

>>2581445
>>2581446
thanks, idk how I didn't see that before

There's already one in the catalog

>>2578831
>I watch a lot of chinese movies
This is offtopic but please recommend me some

>>2578831
wow, the middle three women are so beautiful. korean beauty standards really fuck up East and South East Asian media

>>2578936
But Korean actors and actresses didn't look like aliens in the mid-2000s. Back then there were at least some natural beauties, and people got surgery that better suited their original features rather than sticking the same skinny nose on everyone. I feel like the uncanny look you see now started around the late 2010s, or at least that's when I started noticing it.

>>2578933
that's a bit hard because I just go to pirate websites and watch random movies whenever I have free time, but anything with michelle yeoh is great, my favorite movie of her's is the soong sisters, also a time for love is probably one of my favorite romantic movies

Bad surgeon or too many procedures?

>>2387211
Updating to say I finally got around to sending the email kek. We’ll see what happens

>>2378539
>Personally, I think my obession stems from a friend crush, and in a way I want to be them. I envy her looks and feel like we would have alot in common if we were to be friends. I'm just so curious about her, what I wouldn't give to be a fly on the wall in her day to day life…

Exactly this. I'm over mine now and it feels cringey looking back at how I acted. Now I can see that it was very jealousy fuelled but at the time I would have sworn it wasn't jealousy. The strange thing is, that they didn't actually have much that I didn't have myself. I just wasn't able to see it.

>>2379291
For me, there was a huge element of inferiority so I didn't feel like they would want to know me. I realize now that this stems from my parents giving me low self worth growing up and just generally being in an unhappy life situation.

>>2394276
How did it go, nonna? I'm kind of in the same situation.

Nonnies, how can one tone down their fixiation? This is the first time I've became obssesed with a real person, it's unsettling. Is this my punishment for being isolated for so long?
He's a cute musician from my city. I never actually spoke to him until recently, I just watched him from a distance. My incompetent ass somehow managed to go for coffee with him.
I thought meeting him would make me stop idealizing him but no, I crave him even more. He probably just pretended to be nice to me because that's what people with better social skills do, but still. I can't get that day out of my mind. I want to talk to him again so badly.
Those hazel eyes and long curly blonde hair shining bright under the sun, his gentle voice, I want to appreciate them up close again. I want to be able to hug him when I'm feeling down. I'm not even sure if this is romantic, I just want him to comfort me and spend time with me.

>>2581125
Sage for I can't help you anon, I just I'm really envious (in a good way!)
Good luck, nonita